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Color-shaded topographic relief map of the Yellowstone Plateau-Snake River Plain
Color-shaded topographic relief map of the Yellowstone Plateau-Snake River Plain
Color-shaded topographic relief map of the Yellowstone Plateau-Snake River Plain

Color-shaded topographic relief map of the Yellowstone Plateau-Snake River Plain volcanic province showing the track of the Yellowstone hot spot. Figure by Ken Pierce and Lisa Morgan.

Hiking into the Owyhee Canyonlands to install a crest stage gage
Hiking into the Owyhee Canyonlands to install a crest stage gage
Hiking into the Owyhee Canyonlands to install a crest stage gage
Hiking into the Owyhee Canyonlands to install a crest stage gage

Bureau of Land Management wilderness ranger Evan Worthington leads U.S. Geological Survey hydrographers John Carricaburu and Russ Miller over a canyon rim and down to Deep Creek to install a crest stage gage. USGS scientists will incorporte data from the gage into an evaluation of streamflow in the Owyhee Canyonlands.

Bureau of Land Management wilderness ranger Evan Worthington leads U.S. Geological Survey hydrographers John Carricaburu and Russ Miller over a canyon rim and down to Deep Creek to install a crest stage gage. USGS scientists will incorporte data from the gage into an evaluation of streamflow in the Owyhee Canyonlands.

A house destroyed by Hurricane Michael on Cape San Blas, Florida
Hurricane Michael destroyed many houses on Cape San Blas, Florida
Hurricane Michael destroyed many houses on Cape San Blas, Florida
Hurricane Michael destroyed many houses on Cape San Blas, Florida

A beach house in Cape San Blas, Florida destroyed by Hurricane Michael, which struck the Florida Panhandle as a Category Four storm Oct. 10, 2018.

Photo showing floating cages for oyster farming in a marsh creek exposed at low tide.
Economic benefits of marshes
Economic benefits of marshes
Economic benefits of marshes

Photo showing floating cages for oyster farming in a marsh creek exposed at low tide.

  

Photo showing floating cages for oyster farming in a marsh creek exposed at low tide.

  

Photo showing different species of salt tolerant plants near a saltmarsh
Saltmarsh vegetation
Saltmarsh vegetation
Saltmarsh vegetation

Photo showing different species of salt tolerant plants near a saltmarsh.

Photo showing different species of salt tolerant plants near a saltmarsh.

Photo of a boardwalk over a saltmarsh creek showing people
Social benefits of marshes
Social benefits of marshes
Social benefits of marshes

Photo of a boardwalk over a saltmarsh creek showing people.

US Congressman Dan Kildee with GLSC employees next to R/V Arcticus
US Congressman Dan Kildee with GLSC employees next to R/V Arcticus
US Congressman Dan Kildee with GLSC employees next to R/V Arcticus
US Congressman Dan Kildee with GLSC employees next to R/V Arcticus

US Congressman Dan Kildee (MI-05), third from left, and his Senior Legislative Assistant Jordan Dickinson, third from right, visit the science and vessel crew of the USGS research vessel Arcticus. Jill Wingifield of the Great Lakes Fishery Commission, second from right, also joined the two-hour cruise.

US Congressman Dan Kildee (MI-05), third from left, and his Senior Legislative Assistant Jordan Dickinson, third from right, visit the science and vessel crew of the USGS research vessel Arcticus. Jill Wingifield of the Great Lakes Fishery Commission, second from right, also joined the two-hour cruise.

US Congressman Dan Kildee with USGS personnel aboard the R/V Arcticus
US Congressman Dan Kildee with USGS personnel aboard the R/V Arcticus
US Congressman Dan Kildee with USGS personnel aboard the R/V Arcticus
US Congressman Dan Kildee with USGS personnel aboard the R/V Arcticus

US Congressman Dan Kildee (MI-05) and his Senior Legislative Assistant Jordan Dickinson experience Great Lakes fisheries research first hand aboard the USGS research vessel Arcticus.

US Congressman Dan Kildee (MI-05) and his Senior Legislative Assistant Jordan Dickinson experience Great Lakes fisheries research first hand aboard the USGS research vessel Arcticus.

A person crouches over the water handling scientific equipment at dusk with rocks in the background
Andrea "Andy" O'Neill in Monterey
Andrea "Andy" O'Neill in Monterey
Andrea "Andy" O'Neill in Monterey

“The ocean is the closest I can get to an unexplored world, without going into space... I mean, I feel a deep connection to the ocean and its constant rhythms, but when I visit, there's a new discovery or appreciation every time.

“The ocean is the closest I can get to an unexplored world, without going into space... I mean, I feel a deep connection to the ocean and its constant rhythms, but when I visit, there's a new discovery or appreciation every time.

Four people on the stern of a boat wear life jackets and prepare a long cable.
Preparing the multi-channel streamer
Preparing the multi-channel streamer
Preparing the multi-channel streamer

USGS science crew prepare to pull in the multi-channel streamer to troubleshoot the system.

Burned hill after fire with dead and charred trees.
Hill at Whiskeytown National Recreation Area 2 Months After Fire
Hill at Whiskeytown National Recreation Area 2 Months After Fire
Hill at Whiskeytown National Recreation Area 2 Months After Fire

A landscape at Whiskeytown National Recreation Area 2 months after summer 2018's Carr Fire near Redding, California, where USGS WERC researchers are studying fire impacts, post-fire vegetation recovery, and post-fire erosion and debris flows.

A landscape at Whiskeytown National Recreation Area 2 months after summer 2018's Carr Fire near Redding, California, where USGS WERC researchers are studying fire impacts, post-fire vegetation recovery, and post-fire erosion and debris flows.

Roadside area with burned  clearing and trees.
Hillside at Whiskeytown National Recreation Area 2 Months After Fire
Hillside at Whiskeytown National Recreation Area 2 Months After Fire
Hillside at Whiskeytown National Recreation Area 2 Months After Fire

A landscape at Whiskeytown National Recreation Area 2 months after summer 2018's Carr Fire near Redding, California, where USGS WERC researchers are studying fire impacts, post-fire vegetation recovery, and post-fire erosion and debris flows.

A landscape at Whiskeytown National Recreation Area 2 months after summer 2018's Carr Fire near Redding, California, where USGS WERC researchers are studying fire impacts, post-fire vegetation recovery, and post-fire erosion and debris flows.

Burned forest with a few small plants growing between burned trees.
Hillside at Whiskeytown National Recreation Area 2 Months After Fire
Hillside at Whiskeytown National Recreation Area 2 Months After Fire
Hillside at Whiskeytown National Recreation Area 2 Months After Fire

A landscape at Whiskeytown National Recreation Area 2 months after summer 2018's Carr Fire near Redding, California, where USGS WERC researchers are studying fire impacts, post-fire vegetation recovery, and post-fire erosion and debris flows.

A landscape at Whiskeytown National Recreation Area 2 months after summer 2018's Carr Fire near Redding, California, where USGS WERC researchers are studying fire impacts, post-fire vegetation recovery, and post-fire erosion and debris flows.

Clearing and road with burned hillside in the background.
Landscape at Whiskeytown National Recreation Area 2 Months After Fire
Landscape at Whiskeytown National Recreation Area 2 Months After Fire
Landscape at Whiskeytown National Recreation Area 2 Months After Fire

A landscape at Whiskeytown National Recreation Area 2 months after summer 2018's Carr Fire near Redding, California, where USGS WERC researchers are studying fire impacts, post-fire vegetation recovery, and post-fire erosion and debris flows.

A landscape at Whiskeytown National Recreation Area 2 months after summer 2018's Carr Fire near Redding, California, where USGS WERC researchers are studying fire impacts, post-fire vegetation recovery, and post-fire erosion and debris flows.

A window showing blue ocean water, with 3 camera lenses pointed through the window, and a pair of feet near the window.
Looking at the ocean through the bottom of a plane
Looking at the ocean through the bottom of a plane
Looking at the ocean through the bottom of a plane

Looking through the belly port of a small airplane before an aerial photographic survey starts, Fall 2018.

The Seabird Studies Team at the USGS Western Ecological Research Center is conducting aerial photographic surveys of the ocean off central and southern California to create comprehensive maps of seabird and marine mammal distributions.

Looking through the belly port of a small airplane before an aerial photographic survey starts, Fall 2018.

The Seabird Studies Team at the USGS Western Ecological Research Center is conducting aerial photographic surveys of the ocean off central and southern California to create comprehensive maps of seabird and marine mammal distributions.

A man wearing safety gear steers a personal watercraft looking to the right, with a small ocean wave behind him.
Mapping nearshore depths along a beach
Mapping nearshore depths along a beach
Mapping nearshore depths along a beach

Cordell Johnson uses a personal watercraft (PWC) equipped with GPS and sonar to measure seafloor depths near the beach.

This is a photo of one of the geothermal seeps that flows into the Yellowstone River.
One of the geothermal seeps that flows into the Yellowstone River
One of the geothermal seeps that flows into the Yellowstone River
One of the geothermal seeps that flows into the Yellowstone River

View of one of the geothermal seeps that flows into the Yellowstone River south of LaDuke Hot Spring.

Woman with a headset in a small airplane, looking at the camera.
Preparing for data collection on a aerial photographic survey
Preparing for data collection on a aerial photographic survey
Preparing for data collection on a aerial photographic survey

While still over land, Biological Technician, Amelia DuVall prepares the computer for data collection at the beginning of an aerial photographic survey.

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